Question : The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don't find any error, mark 'No error' as your answer.
While driving, Satheesh always / switches off his mobile phone / and kept it in the dashboard.
Option 1: No error
Option 2: While driving, Satheesh always
Option 3: and kept it in the dashboard
Option 4: switches off his mobile phone
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Correct Answer: and kept it in the dashboard
Solution : The third option is correct.
The sentence is giving general information, where the simple present tense is used. Thus, kept should be changed to the singular present tense form keeps . The sentence also contains incorrect use of the preposition on , as in should be used because the phone is placed on the surface. This makes the sentence grammatically accurate.
Therefore, the correct sentence is: "While driving, Satheesh always switches off his mobile phone and keeps it on the dashboard."
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